Smoothing-iron.



BoBEBT E, VAN ooUBT, OE NBWTON, IovVA, ASSIGNoB OF oNE-THIBD To PBBBY ENGLB, o SAME PLAOE.

SMooHING-|RoN.

ScEOfTIoT fornoing aft of IletteTs atent 1To. 666,22, doted JannaTy 15, 1901.

oibizen of the tTnited SttoS, reSiding of NeW- ton, in the oounty of JaS er and State of Iowa, hve inventod a neW and uSeful Soloothing- Iron, of Whioh the following iS aJ Speoiotion.

I objeot iS t0 rovide an im roved SInoothing-iron dpfed for a11 tho oofnfooo nSeS of o sII1oothing-ifon, and speoiaJlly adopted for ironing nd poliShing ShiffS having plaitS and gofherS ond garInenfS having ffills, ounoes, and rufes.

fy invenfion oonSiStS iI1 the oonStruotion ond oon1bination of an iron, a dofohblo hondle, and handle-fastener, 38 hereinoftor Set forth, ointed out in my olainlS, and illuS- frted in the aooo1I1panying dfvingS, in Whioh Eigore 1 iS a pefSpeofiVo Viow of the iron, ShoWing the hondle oftohed and fostened aS feqUired for pfaotioal nSe. ig. 2 iS a tOp vieW of the iron, Shovving the peonHof sha e thereof d the handle detohed. Eig. 3 iS tranSverSo oentfal Sootional viow shovving a Stnd 011 the to nd grooveS in bho sido foooS. ig. iS a top viow of the horiZontal portion of the handle, Showing longitudinol Slof, inolined plonos ot the Side of fho Slot, a tfajnS- verSe Slot, nd 1boh pivoted to the handlo.

Tho lotter A deSignatos the IIlain body por tio1 of the iron. It iS pointed of itS front, haS SWells B at itS Sides nd oenfra1 porbion, nd tho oornerS of fhe top Ild bottoIn of tho roar poftio11 fe rounded off. The i1'on iS vvider at itS bofboIn than of ifS top, and oon- Sequently itS SidoS are inolined, aJnd in tho loWef portionS of tho Side faoeS aro gfooveS o, thot eXtend ffo[I1 the poinfed front to tho 1'er portion to ad noit the ffeo edge of o plait of gathef fter ib iS ironed and vvhile an adjoining plaif iS being ironed.

The peon1if Shape of tho iron dptS the bTood b poftion of tho botton1 for oll fhe ooIn1]1on nSeS of ad sn1oothing-iron. The poinb ed front, thaf haS an inolinod top faoe aJnd inolined SideS, iS SpeoiaHy odaptod for on toring and paSSing fhrongh gatheringS in Shirf vvaiSfS aJnd SleoveS and plaJitS in ShirfbosomS ond ffonnoeS and rnfeS in dresSeS nd othergannontS. Tho verfioolly-inolined Side faoeS having grooves iI1 fheif lower portionS re advantogeonS fof keoping gothers open vvhilo tho bobt0n snrfaoe of tho iron is oppHed betwoen gtherS, ploitS, orrufoS.

Tho top Snrfoe of the iron iS Slightlyoufved 5 5 upWr from front to rer, nd a sfud (Z, thof haS on oblong head, iS forII1ed on or fixed to the oontral ond higheSt art of the to in Snoh aJ [oanIler that ohe hed will exfend tronS vefSely, aS Shown in ig. 2. A pin iS fixed in the top of the fronb porfion of the iron to be engoged by a 1oh.

I iS a dofoohable handle Sligho1 oIIrved 1011- gitudiIlally on itS botton foe, S Shovvn in ig. 1, ond aS required to fitJ on the l1pwfd1y o 5 ourved top faoe of the iron f If hoS a longitudinl S10t 7, ada ted to aHovv the hed of the Stnd CZ to paSS through npwaTdly Whon tho handle iS in a ghtngled poSifion to the iron. It olSo hoS inolined p1noS and 7T. t the Sides of tho S1ot thot inolino io reverSe diroofionS folaJtive to eoh ofher it1 Suoh al manner thob when the elongated head of the Stnd haJS paSSed through the S1ot m in the handle andfho handle iS turned quartor rovolufion on the Sbud tho undor faoeS of tho ond porfions of fhe elongtod hod will bind on bobh tho inolined )1noS SiLnultaneonSly to olofflp the OVerlying ouTved SurfaooS of tho botton1 of tho hndle and the top of tho iron oloSely together, aS Toquired oo aid in rigidly and dotohbly fixing oho haJndle to fho iTon. fo prevent any latoroI [I1otion of the hnd1e, o Slof is formed iI1 one of the edgeS of the fronf portion of the horizonfal part of tho hondlo, and a 1toh S is pivoted near the Slot in Snoh aJ nlanner that the latoh oajn bo )1ood into engageInont With the fixed pin to oid in Seourely faStening the hondlo to the ifon.

fIaving thuS doSoribod the oonsfruotion of II1y invenoion,itS prootiool utility vill be read ily ondorStood by personS fII1i1ir With tho ort to whioh it perfainS and vVhot I o1ai11 aS new, aod desiro to soonro 5 by LotterS Patent, iS

1. A Smoofhing and poliShing iron that iS poinfed at itS fIont, haS 1ator1 SWoHS of tho oontrajl poftionS of itS Sidos, vertioally-inolined Sido faoes, gfooveS I1er the bottoII1S Ioo of tlle sideS nd roundod oornerS at itS reor end, oS ShoWn and desoribed for thepurp0SeS Stated.

2. A Snloothin ond oHShin iron coInriSin a main bod ortion havin 8 ointed front end, SvvellS at the cenbrol parts of itS SideS, veroioolly inolined SideS extending froIn end to end, ronnded to and bottom cornerS odo itS rer end, a 10ngindinHy curved to face, a Iixed Stnd at the eenter of itS top foo provided wh an elongated hed projecting teraHy, o fiXed pin in the fronb part of the 0p faoe, detoohable hondle having onrved botbom fce fioted to the ourved BoBEBT VAN ooUBT.

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0. N. vvAGLEY, I. I. EABLEY. 

